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The king of portrait lenses

Started Jan 25, 2018 | User reviews thread
Scott Larson Veteran Member • Posts: 7,505
Re: The king of portrait lenses

A couple of my favorite portrait photographers shoot everything at f8-f16 (yes, with 35mm cameras). They make sure everything in the background relates to the person in the photo (they often shoot in their work environments) and they use lights instead of DOF to separate them from the background.

But it's way easier and quicker to just blur everything in the background.

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